- Title : Ordinary Greatness: It's Where You Least Expect It Everywhere
- Author : Pamela A. Bilbrey
- Rating : 4.89 (484 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-12-27
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 160 Pages
- Asin : 0470461721
- Language : English
In addition, actionable tips and insights are included to equip business leaders to remove the blinders that keep them from seeing their organization's ordinary greatness.Pamela Bilbrey and Brian Jones are organizational consultants, executive coaches, and international speakers and workshop facilitators. How to leverage ordinary greatness to create a
In addition, actionable tips and insights are included to equip business leaders to remove the blinders that keep them from seeing their organization's ordinary greatness.Pamela Bilbrey and Brian Jones are organizational consultants, executive coaches, and international speakers and workshop facilitators. How to leverage ordinary greatness to create a competitive advantage for any organization Enabling readers to maximize leadership skills, no matter the venue, Ordinary Greatness helps those who are in leadership positions to optimize their organizational results by improving their ability to recognize and create greatness in those who they lead. Featuring real-world stories, this practical guide helps readers relate to both famous and everyday heroes and shows leaders how to improve their immediate environmentThey remind us to set aside our beliefs that great people must be well-known celebrities or larger-than-life figures, and consider the people around us who practice greatness every day while no one is looking." (Pensacola News Journal, August 18, 2009) "Attaining greatness in and out of the workplace may seem like a lofty aspiration-to say the least-but according to Pam Bilbrey and Brian Jones, the prerequisite steps are surprisingly pedestrian in nature." (Sales Marketing Management Monitor, July 21, 2009). "In their book…Pamela Bilbrey and Brian Jones flip the script on how we should recognize and reward greatness in both our professional and personal livesHe recognizes that individualism, greediness, egocentrism, and narcissism are human forces that oppose altruism, and brings up the famous Groucho Marx quip, “why should I care about future generations? What have they ever done for me?” Nevertheless, through the entire book, he conveys an astonishing and varied amount of information, ranging from historical analyses, comparative biology, the role of the hormone oxytocin, the functioning of “mirror neurons,” and the effects of vagal tone on the parasympathetic nervous system, to explain that humans are social animals that have a natural tendency to cooperate; such a view is opposite to the well-known concept that humans are by nature competitive, selfish and behave like wolves. Simons for eight years and long to be home again. It should reflect how well service has been delivered. Thank you Andrew Brietbart for finally opening my eyes to what scumbags the media are and also to how evil Obama and his fellow Democrats are. Fast shipping, book is what it advertised. Truly, a must-read for all schools looking for new ideas to raise funds and stay competitive in this economic climate. (And if you don't know about any of the things I just mentioned, start researching, because this affects YOU)"Righteous Indignation" is part memoir, part treatise
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